Multicycle-cab.



No. 647,789. Patented Apr. l7, I900. J. c. ANDERSON.

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No. 647,789. Patented Apr. l7, I900. J. c. ANDERSON.

MULTIBYCLE GAB.

(Application filed Aug. 25, 18 99.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2..

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JAMES C. ANDERSON, OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS.

MULTlCYCLE-CAB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,789, dated April 17, 1900. Application filed August 25, 1899. Serial No. 728,442. (No model,)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Highland Park, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful- Improvements in Multicycle-Oabs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cycle construction, and particularly to that class illustrated and described in another application filed by me on the 19th day of August, 1899, Serial No. 727,836, and denominated a cycle-cab.

In the pending application above referred to I have shown and described a vehicle consisting of a frame mounted centrally upon a single carrying-wheeland provided with a passenger seat directly over the wheel and with rigidly-adjustable handle-bars in rear of the seat, said frame articulatively connected with and propelled through the medium of a trailing frame carrying a driving-wheel and propelling mechanism.

My present invention has for its object to so modify the construction above referred to that the carryingcapacity and motive force may each be increased or multiplied and the "machine as a whole adapted to be supported in vertical position when all the riders are dismounted and during the time they are mounting andpreparing to start the machine; and with these ends in view my invention consists in the details of construction and arrangement hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vehicle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top or plan View of the same; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view, on an enlarged scale, showing supports and brakes connected with the passenger-frames and by means of which the machine as a whole may be supported in vertical position.

Similar letters and numerals of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In the pending application hereinbefore referred to two frames only are used,and in my present application the frames A and B represent, respectively, the front and rear frames of the said construction. These two frames are capable of being articulatively connected by the double-pivoted joint 1 to constitute the cycle-cab; but when it is desired to increase the carrying capacity of such a cab Iprovide a propelling-section C and a trailing section D, adapted,as will be described,to couple up with and intermediate of the sections A and B.

In-order that the intermediate sections 0 and D may be coupled togetherand with the sections A and B, I construct the frame of the propelling-section C with an upper horizontal tube 2, a front vertical tube 3, a lower horizontal double fork 4, and a rear and slightlyoblique fork 5. At the juncture between the tubes 2 and 3 and the latter with the front end of the double fork 4 suitable lugs are provided for making a pivotal connection with the articulative joints 1 1. The rear end of the fork 4 connects with a comparativelyshort vertical tube 6, which at its upper end is connected through a horizontal tube 7, parallel with the fork 4, to the tube 5; The intermediate cab-section Dis formed substantially as shown in the pending application herein referred to and of a lower double fork 8,'a vertical rear tube 9, an upper horizontal tube 10, lateral and oblique branches 11,

parallel forwardly-extended tubes 12, and

vertical and slightly-oblique and converging tubes 13, connected at their lower ends tothe two side tubes of the fork 8 forwardly of the center, the parallel upper tubes at the angles of juncture with the tubes 11 and 12 and 12 and 13 being connected by cross-tubes and constituting a support for the passenger-seat E. The rear vertical tube 9 is provided with lugs at the upper andlower ends, adapted to connect with the pivotal joint 1, all as fully explained in the application hereinbefore referred to.

From the center of the cross-tube at the angle of juncture between tubes 12 and 13 is a forwardly-projecting tube 14, which is connected and braced by a vertical tube 15, connected therewith and with the front ends of the double fork 8. The upper and lower ends of the vertical tube 15 are formed or provided with lugs 16, adapted to be pivotally and carrying wheels, while the latter are drivand extension-pedals M.

pelling-frame O, as clearly shown, and the frames A and D are provided with shields or mud-guards F and footboards'G, all as shown and described in the pending application herein referred to, and the frame is also provided with a shield F over the rear upper quadrant of the driving-wheel for the purpose of protecting the passenger upon the seat E on the frame D and at the same time give harmony and uniformity of design.

Each passenger-frame is provided with a rigidly-adj ustable handle-bar Hand each propelling-section with a saddle Land the several frames are mounted vibratively upon wheels J and J, the former being merely supporting ing-wheels connected with gears-K, crank-s L,

In order that the machine as a whole may be held in'vertical position when at a state of 1 1 rest while thelpassengers and driver are dis- 1 mounting or mounting or for anyother reason it may be desirable, I provide each passenger-section with supporting legs or props f upper ends of the oblique tubes 13. props N extend below their pivotal points? N, which are pivoted tothe end of extensiontubes 0 of such length that the props N when i in their folded position, as shown at Fig. 1, 5 will be sustained by spring-clips P near the These with the extensions 0 and are returned at} right angles, as shown at Q, to constitute 1 provide fpot-brakes R, substantially as described in another pending application filed .by me on the9th day of August, 1899, Serial No. 726,694, for improvement in bicycles for use inthe military service and consisting of a brake-plate secured to the end of a recipro eating shank S, having a diametric pin T, one end-extending through and working in a lon- 'gitudinal slot in the housing and the other end extending into and working within avcamseat U, in a radial arm V, extending from a rocksshaft'v, at rightangles to the brakeplate shank, all as clearly shown at Fig. 3 and as fully described in the application above referred to. This brake mechanism .is secured in position upon the front end of the fork 81 of the front section of the frame, and the.

rock-shaft V, which operates the cam-slotted arm V, extends a suitable distance above the footboard and is provided with a walkingbeam lever or operating-disk W, which may beoperated by either or both feet of the pas-- senge'r occupying the front seat. The brake may thus be used to retard the movement of the machineby a partial rotation of the rockshaft and consequent traverse of pin T in the slot U, 01' the brake may be tightly set against the tire of the wheel by rocking the shaft to its full limit and until the pin T assumes a position, as shown, in line with the axis of the rock-shaft. When in this position, the. riders may dismount from the machine, which will be sustained by the props before referred to, and the brake will prevent any change of relation between the machine and the props. After mounting the machine thepassengerrider rotates the rockshaft .of the brake through themedium of the lever or disk W, whereupon the driving rider or riders start the machine, and the props by reason of their pivotalconnection trail until such moment when the passenger-rider has an opportunity to force them into their upper and locked p0- sition,as heretofore described. These brakes may be placed upon any one or more of the frames in an obvious manner.

From the construction'and arrangement shown it will be seen that the frames 0 and D may be removed by releasing and withdrawing the vertical pivots or pintles of the joints 1 and the frames A' and B- joined to constitute the cycle cab described in the pending application referred to, and that such acycle-cab may have its carrying and propelling capacity increased and multiplied by interposing any desirednumber of frames 0 and D,joined togetherinpairsbetween the section A and the'section B,and thatby reason of the articulative connection between the several frames each and all of them are adapted. to vertical undulatory and sidewise snake-like motion, as fully described in another pending application filed by me on the 9th day of August, 1899, Serial No. 726,692,

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Having described the construction, operation,and advantages of my improved machine, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with "the passenger section or frame A and the propellingsection or frame B, provided with means for articulative connection to constitute when joined, a cyole-cab, thepropelling-sectionO formed with a rearwardly-extend'ed frame composed of the members at and 7 connected bythe Vertical member 6; the passenger-section D,formed with a forwardly-projectingframe composed of the members 8 and 14 joinedfbya vertical I I20 member 15, articulative joints 16, between the extensions of frames orsections G and D, and said sections'articulatively connected with the sections or frames A and B respectively substantially as and for the purpose setforth. g

2. The driving or propelling section 0 provided with means for articulativeconnection with a forward passenger-section, and with a rearwardlyprojectingframe composed of the members 4 and 7 connected by the vertical member 6, in combination with the passenger-section D, provided with means for articulative connection with a rear propelling-section and having a forwardly-projectmachine is in motion, and a foot-brake R and means for operating it also connected with the passenger-section to hold the latter in 15 fixed relation with the sustaining-props when down, substantially as hereinbefore setforth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES C. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

JENNIE G. BOOTH, DANL. W. BONN. 

